Then said he unto me, Consider with thyself; as the rain is more than the drops, and as the fire is greater than the smoke; but the drops and the smoke remain behind: so the quantity which is past did more exceed.
Then he said to me, "Consider: as the rain is greater than the drops, and the fire greater than the smoke, yet the drops and the smoke remain behind — so the amount that has already passed was far greater than what remains."
